Here’s some of the guidelines we were given:

• Project Type: Quilt
• Size: Lap or larger
• Technique: Curved Piecing (not appliqué!)

We were given lots of links for inspiration and of course, Pinterest has a plethora of whatever you might be wanting to look at! A Drunkard’s Path block is typically a quarter circle with an inner circle and the outer portion.

When I saw this “Wee Animal Quilt Tutorial” I just KNEW that this would be my inspiration for what to make!

Once I had my inspiration, I arranged to borrow the Boundary Bay Quilt Guild’s “Drunkard’s Path” Accuquilt dies. The large die cuts blocks that are 7″ finished and the small die cuts blocks that are 3 ¹/₂” finished.

Using my Accuquilt and the guild’s dies, I got to work cutting some Drunkard’s Path with the Island Batik solids. I used the Solid White for the background and the following solids for the animals & birds.

Black	Green	Pink
Colbalt	Grey	Red
Dark Grey	Lime Green	Turquoise
Fushia	0range	Yellow

Somewhere, either on our Island Batik Facebook group or when we were zooming, someone mentioned gluing the blocks. I tried gluing the centre notches and it worked like a charm. Gluing more than the centre did not work for me. And, as usual when sewing curves, I had to take my time. Lots of time!!! I certainly can’t sew at 100 miles an hour when sewing these blocks. LOL!!!

Here’s the blocks as I was preparing to assemble the various animals and birds.

I had to fill in a lot of the gaps with white blocks and strips.

It was a fun quilt to quilt. The background was loops within loops and the quilting of each one was different. There was a LOT of quilting. I used at least 7 bobbins!

And here’s a closeup of all the individual animals/birds:

Quilt Stats:

• Size: 48″ x 57″
• Fabric: Island Batik: Solids
• Backing: sland Batik Dark Grey solid
• Hobbs Batting: Heirloom 80/20
• Aurifil Thread: 50 weight
  • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
  • Quilting: #2600 (Dove Grey)
  • Binding: #5013 (Asphalt)
• Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket, Beanie, Drop, and Cheesie
• Schmetz Needles: Universal 80/12
• Oliso M3 Pro Iron
• Quilted on my domestic Janome M7

There’s a little bit more!

There was talk about how the little Accuquilt Drunkard’s Path blocks were way too hard to piece. Of course, knowing me, I took that as a challenge!! Here’s a picture of an unfinished 4″ and 7 ¹/₂” block. They will finish at 3 ¹/₂” and 7.”

Although, I did not want to make a lap sized quilt with small Drunkard’s Path blocks, I did make a small wall hanging.

I did not find that the smaller blocks were any harder to piece than the larger ones. As with any curved piecing, you just have to take your time. Again, I put a tiny dab of glue on the notches and sewed the blocks.

Of course the quilting was simpler with the smaller blocks and only used 2 bobbins.

You will notice that the smaller quilt is a bit different than the bigger quilt.

Quilt Stats:

• Size: 24″ x 27 ¹/₂“.
• Fabric: Island Batik: Solids
• Backing: sland Batik Cobalt solid
• Hobbs Batting: Heirloom Fusible
• Aurifil Thread: 50 weight
  • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
  • Quilting: #2600 (Dove Grey)
• Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket, Cheesie
• Schmetz Needles: Universal 80/12
• Oliso M3 Pro Iron
• Quilted on my domestic Janome M7

Thank you!

Thank you to the generosity of Island Batik and Industry partners! They have supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron, and Accuquilt.

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what they made this month:

• Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
• Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
• Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
• Tina Dillard – Quilting Affection Designs

• Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
• Kimberly Flannagan – Kimberly Quilts
• Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
• Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

• Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
• Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
• Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
• Susan Michaels – Dragonfly Fiberart Patterns
• Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
• Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

• Gail Sheppard – you are HERE!!!
• Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
• Solomae Stoycoff – Cuddle Cat Quiltworks Blog
• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

Don’t Forget:

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail